Comments on: Best vegetable garden ever! http://www.chriscob.com/blog/2009/garden/best-vegetable-garden-ever/ Gardening, travel, food, cats, etc Tue, 27 Sep 2011 16:24:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Chris http://www.chriscob.com/blog/2009/garden/best-vegetable-garden-ever/#comment-275 Chris Tue, 26 May 2009 19:18:41 +0000 http://www.chriscob.com/blog/?p=566#comment-275 I wonder if there is a perfect tomato growing climate somewhere. You're worrying about nights too cold for the fruit to set, and I'm fretting because the daytime temps are going to the mid 90s today, which is hot enough to prevent the fruits from setting. Somehow a homegrown tomato is always worth all the effort and worry, though! I wonder if there is a perfect tomato growing climate somewhere. You’re worrying about nights too cold for the fruit to set, and I’m fretting because the daytime temps are going to the mid 90s today, which is hot enough to prevent the fruits from setting.

Somehow a homegrown tomato is always worth all the effort and worry, though!

]]> By: marta http://www.chriscob.com/blog/2009/garden/best-vegetable-garden-ever/#comment-274 marta Tue, 26 May 2009 04:04:59 +0000 http://www.chriscob.com/blog/?p=566#comment-274 George and I can't remember exactly when we get tomatoes. Typically they start to ripen towards end of July and we start to have a real harvest around mid-August. We do get sungolds earlier. Our problem is the night temps. I don't think the fruit will set if it drops below 50 degrees. We're still getting down into the 40's. Momataro is a favorite of the garden writer for the now defunct Seattle PI newspaper. It is supposed to be a good producer. We tried it last year but it was such a crappy year. We have high hopes for it this year. I noticed that Marsha is also growing it so it is available in SoCa. You might be able to find it next year. Your best luck may be a good farmers market with someone that grows heirloom varieties. If not in Sac - maybe Davis? George and I can’t remember exactly when we get tomatoes. Typically they start to ripen towards end of July and we start to have a real harvest around mid-August. We do get sungolds earlier. Our problem is the night temps. I don’t think the fruit will set if it drops below 50 degrees. We’re still getting down into the 40′s.

Momataro is a favorite of the garden writer for the now defunct Seattle PI newspaper. It is supposed to be a good producer. We tried it last year but it was such a crappy year. We have high hopes for it this year.

I noticed that Marsha is also growing it so it is available in SoCa. You might be able to find it next year. Your best luck may be a good farmers market with someone that grows heirloom varieties. If not in Sac – maybe Davis?

]]> By: Chris http://www.chriscob.com/blog/2009/garden/best-vegetable-garden-ever/#comment-273 Chris Mon, 25 May 2009 03:33:55 +0000 http://www.chriscob.com/blog/?p=566#comment-273 I'll have to check out the Momataro. I just googled it and it sounds great -- Japanese! I'll watch for it at the farmers market this summer to see if anyone is growing it in this area. When do you start to get ripe tomatoes, Marta? Usually, I get one or two ripe sungolds right at the first of June (you should see me carving a tiny cherry tomato in two so we can share it!), then I have to wait until late June before I have enough to really count. All of my tomato plants except the "Orange Strawberry" are already setting fruit, and the Carmellos are bigger than walnuts now. Maybe the Orange Strawberry is just confused about what kind of fruit it should produce. It was my wild card this year, chosen on a whim because it sounded so pretty, orange with red shoulders. I’ll have to check out the Momataro. I just googled it and it sounds great — Japanese! I’ll watch for it at the farmers market this summer to see if anyone is growing it in this area.

When do you start to get ripe tomatoes, Marta? Usually, I get one or two ripe sungolds right at the first of June (you should see me carving a tiny cherry tomato in two so we can share it!), then I have to wait until late June before I have enough to really count.

All of my tomato plants except the “Orange Strawberry” are already setting fruit, and the Carmellos are bigger than walnuts now. Maybe the Orange Strawberry is just confused about what kind of fruit it should produce. It was my wild card this year, chosen on a whim because it sounded so pretty, orange with red shoulders.

]]> By: marta http://www.chriscob.com/blog/2009/garden/best-vegetable-garden-ever/#comment-272 marta Mon, 25 May 2009 02:59:19 +0000 http://www.chriscob.com/blog/?p=566#comment-272 It is looking very good. We barely barely have flower buds. We took the cloches off our tomatoes and they got a little bit of cold burn on them. Yep, temps got down into the mid 40's and they didn't really like it. We have grown Carmello before. Excellent tomato. A really popular one that we are growing this year is Momataro. We grew it last year and it was okay but the year was really bad for tomatoes in Seattle. We also have Sun Gold and a couple of early producers. Your beans also look great. We only have about 3-4 leaves. Forget about basil until maybe end of June. It is looking very good. We barely barely have flower buds. We took the cloches off our tomatoes and they got a little bit of cold burn on them. Yep, temps got down into the mid 40′s and they didn’t really like it. We have grown Carmello before. Excellent tomato. A really popular one that we are growing this year is Momataro. We grew it last year and it was okay but the year was really bad for tomatoes in Seattle. We also have Sun Gold and a couple of early producers. Your beans also look great. We only have about 3-4 leaves. Forget about basil until maybe end of June.

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